Sec. 12.110. DISPOSITION OF CONFISCATED GAME. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the department shall donate, whenever donation is reasonably practicable, any wild game animal, bird, fowl, game fish, or exotic animal that is unlawfully killed, taken, shipped, held in storage, possessed, or offered for sale in a public eating place to a charitable institution, hospital, or person or persons.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.40(34), eff. January 1, 2020.
(c) The department and an enforcement officer of the department who acts under this section are not liable in any civil action for the seizure, sale, or donation of a game bird, other fowl, animal, game fish, or exotic animal.
(d) The department may sell confiscated live game described by Subsection (a) to the highest of three bidders. At the time of a sale under this subsection, the department shall provide the buyer a receipt for all game sold to the buyer. The department shall deposit the proceeds of the sale in the state treasury to the credit of the appropriate suspense fund pending the outcome of any action against the person charged with an unlawful action described by Subsection (a). If the person is acquitted by the trial court, the charges against the person are dismissed, or the statute of limitations period for the prosecution of the offense has expired, the department shall pay the proceeds of the sale to the person from whom the game was seized.
(e) This section does not apply to the lawful possession or sale of an exotic animal.
(f) In this section, "exotic animal" has the meaning assigned by Section 62.015.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975. Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 33, ch. 16, Sec. 1, eff. March 16, 1977; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 338, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 325 (H.B. 1818), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.37, eff. January 1, 2020.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 4.40(34), eff. January 1, 2020.
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